Bellator Fighting Championships hosts open tryout on May 4 in Boston area

Bellator Fighting Championships is once again hitting the streets to find the best up-and-coming mixed martial arts talent.

The Chicago-based promotion today announced it will hold an open tryout in the Boston area on Tuesday, May 4, in an effort to secure new talent for the promotion’s third season, which takes place in late 2010.

Fighters in all weight classes are invited to attend – both male and female.

The tryouts are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. ET at the famed Sityodtong Academy at 100 Broadway in Somerville, Mass., and fighters must register one hour prior to the session. Participants must bring Federal MMA ID, protective gear and gloves.

The tryouts take place two days prior to Bellator’s May 6 event, Bellator 17, at Boston’s Wang Theatre.

“New England is a hotbed for MMA talent, so we jumped at the chance to host another tryout in Boston while we will be in town for Bellator 17,” Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney stated in today’s release. “At our last two tryouts in Kansas City and South Florida, we discovered some great talents including Tyler Stinson and Bryan Goldsby. As the first major MMA promotion to come to Massachusetts, we’re in a very advantageous position to find some great unsigned fighters.”

Bellator executives will choose one winner from the open tryout who will earn the opportunity to fight during a local featured fight during a Bellator season three event in August, September or October. Bellator is also scouting for talent for its season three tournaments.

Stinson, who won a tryout slot earlier this year, actually found his way into a welterweight tournament bout at this past week’s Bellator 15 event when original competitor Sean Pierson was forced to withdraw from the event.
Stinson was eliminated by top prospect Dan Hornbuckle.

Bellator is currently in its second season. The events air live on FOX Sports Net (check local listings in case the show is preempted by local sports programming), and highlights packages air the following Saturday on NBC, Telemundo and mun2.

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